DC Democratic Party Chairman and Super
Delegate Anita Bonds Endorses Barack Obama
It
is my honor to serve as Chairman of the DC Democratic State
Committee, the governing body of nearly 300,000 registered Democrats
in the District of Columbia, which is among the strongest Democratic
jurisdictions in the United States.
In
my role as the DC Party Chairman, I will serve as an automatic or
“Super” Delegate with discretion concerning which of our two able
candidates to support at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in
Denver, Colorado. Until today, I have remained uncommitted in order
to conduct with fairness and without bias our local Delegate
Selection Process, which was completed yesterday with the election
of our Delegation Chair, Mayor Adrian Fenty.
For Immediate Release to Media:
Contact: David Meadows, Director of Communications
202-213-8254 or email
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DC Democratic Party Chairman and Super Delegate Anita Bonds
Endorses Barack Obama
May 13, 2008
It is my honor to
serve as Chairman of the DC Democratic State Committee, the
governing body of nearly 300,000 registered Democrats in the
District of Columbia, which is among the strongest Democratic
jurisdictions in the United States.
In my role as the
DC Party Chairman, I will serve as an automatic or “Super” Delegate
with discretion concerning which of our two able candidates to
support at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver,
Colorado. Until today, I have remained uncommitted in order to
conduct with fairness and without bias our local Delegate Selection
Process, which was completed yesterday with the election of our
Delegation Chair, Mayor Adrian Fenty.
On February 12 a
record number of District residents turned out to vote and delivered
Barack Obama an overwhelming victory of 76% in the DC Primary. The
enthusiasm around Obama’s candidacy and the growing grassroots
movement that he has inspired is truly remarkable, heartfelt and
undisputable. Across the country voters support change in the way
our government is run. While I respect the continuation of the
Presidential Primary process, admire Hillary Clinton and her efforts
to work for change, it is Barack Obama who can bring the change --
to expand health care to families, to take on the special interests,
to make a decisive difference in the lives of hardworking people,
and to continue his strong support for passage in the US Senate of
the DC voting rights bill giving the residents of the District of
Columbia representation in Congress. My pledge for support of
Barack Obama is joined with the leadership of our city,
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Adrian Fenty and Council
Chairman, Vincent Gray, to work tirelessly to elect Barack Obama the
44th President of the United States.
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